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Francesco Guardi
1712-1793
Piazza of St. Mark
Pen and gray-brown ink, with brown wash, on paper; framing line in pen and gray-brown ink.
9 1/16 x 16 inches (230 x 406 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 78
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 78, repr.
Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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